Posts per month
Key threads
- Enthusiasm for Powerslide 1998-12-27 · 22 postsPosters praised Ratbag's Powerslide for its graphics and fun online play via HEAT.net and IRC, while acknowledging it is not a true sim. Some had trouble getting wheels recognised and others compared it with Screamer 2.
Busiest threads
- Enthusiasm for Powerslide (12 posts about it)
- PowerSlide demo & Dirt Track Racing (8 posts about it)
- POWERSLIDE RACING EVERY WED NIGHT - SPEEDWAY TRACK KALI #392 (5 posts about it)
- Here is the Powerslide Demo... 6.9MB... Driving will never be the same... (5 posts about it)
- Powerslide pedal problems (3 posts about it)
- Powerslide vs Screamer (3 posts about it)
- Cutting Edge Development (3 posts about it)
- Dirt Track Racing replays? (3 posts about it)
- Anybody else Ratbag fan? (2 posts about it)
- Which racing sims should be in every collection (2 posts about it)
- Free Ratbag Demos, Dirt Track I & II, Sprint Cars I & II, Leadfoot Truck Racing, & Powerslide (2 posts about it)
- Leadfoot verdicts and Ratbag compatibility problems (2 posts about it)
- Best racing game for a 9-year-old (2 posts about it)
- Re: GP3 and Force-Feedback (2 posts about it)
- Powerslide demo = SODA on acid (2 posts about it)
Sentiment by year
Each post that discussed the sim was rated from −2 (very negative) to +2 (very positive).
| Year | Posts | Positive | Negative | Tone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 0 | mixed (+0.00) |
| 1998 | 31 | 18 | 1 | very positive (+0.84) |
| 1999 | 148 | 76 | 18 | positive (+0.53) |
| 2000 | 38 | 29 | 0 | very positive (+1.03) |
| 2001 | 11 | 4 | 0 | positive (+0.36) |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 | 0 | very positive (+0.67) |
| 2003 | 5 | 3 | 0 | very positive (+0.60) |
| 2004 | 4 | 1 | 0 | positive (+0.25) |
Who talked about it most
John Bodin · 41 Don Wilshe · 10 Ryan Mitchley · 9 Peter Nilsson · 7 David G Fisher · 5 Larry · 4 paul eigsti · 4 Mountain Kodiak · 4 ymenard · 4 Ed Ba · 4 magnulus · 3 EldredP · 3 Bendito · 3 John Wallace · 3 =rez · 3 Antti Markus Peteri · 3 MadDAWG · 2 Mark Davison · 2 nixx · 2 Chris Bloom · 2
